Eli Willits, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, will make bis professional debut Thursday at home for the Fredericksburg Nationals.

Fredericksburg hosts Fayetteville Thursday at 6:35 p.m. followed by games Friday (7:05 p.m.), Saturday (7:05 p.m.) and Sunday (6:05 p.m.). 

Willits has been working out at the Washington Nationals’ spring training complex in West Palm Beach after signing for $8.2 million in July.  

A switch-hitting 17-year-old from Oklahoma’s Fort Cobb-Broxton High School, Willits is the youngest No.1 overall pick in history after reclassifying from the 2026 high school class to 2025.

Willits, whose father Reggie played parts of six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels from 2006-11, was the youngest prospect in the draft.